My Doors Are Light Wood Will White Walls Work

The obvious answer is white but this isn t going to work.

My doors are light wood will white walls work.

I ve been looking for inspiration to help decide if we should stain our interior doors or paint them white. Good whites for walls with wood trim are sherwin william pure white neutral sherwin williams extra white cool pure white or for a slightly warmer option sherwin williams paper white. I love the potential contrast but am afraid of it looking too busy. The interior of the front door side lights and frame we want to be white to match the architraves and skirting of the interior walls doors in the foyer the foyer walls are light grey and we have marble colour tiles not wooden floor so no wood colour in the scheme what so ever.

I have several furniture pieces in my living room dining area that are black ebony painted wood. Our contemporary partly renovated house has medium wood floors off white walls for the most part and old orangey wood hollow core flat doors that we ll be replacing as budget allows. The issue of the grey blue wall becoming baby blue with white trim is solved when the trim is a pale grey blue at first glance this technique gives the look of white trim but because it now shares pigment with the wall the two work together to reinforce the colour scheme without competing. In simple words it can be said that the result from the combination between wooden color doors and windows white trim brown shades gray wall and white ceiling in this room makes the living room looks cozy and warm but not too friendly.

And you can soften the contrast with layers like curtains rugs pillows and artwork. As the house came with black steel window frames i know black doors could work i m totally going to drape them in black fabric to see how it feels in person. I would definitely paint that walnut looking panelling on the wall a cream white or some soft neutral white in a low sheen it is almost impossible to come close to an existing color on the floor to match panelling and you will brighten up the room and the only wood you see would be the floor and you could get any shade you wish without worrying about matching and really nobody does. We have dark wood floors white trim and for now white walls.

White even works with dark wood trim. The doors are currently white so are the walls and since there s no way to get them to match perfectly one will always look dirty or off white which is something i d like to avoid note. Include a pic of your problem and your question gets posted first. It will be high contrast but that s a modern look that can work if you dig that kind of thing.